Hey Arfie, you are totally making sense to me. I've done this since I was a teenager I think. I've dealt with so much physical pain that my thres hold is way sky high because I am in pain 24/7. Even going on PTSD group and seen your post here, I was massaging (with hand- manually) put pressure on my face to relieve all the pain in my neck. Unfortunately It is relieved only for a few seconds at a time. So I am in.... doing/going thru physical therapy. Exercises make ..feel better.
I know there are pressure points all over the human body. I DON"t - know where pleasure spots? in our feet; our toes; jaw ; hands... etc. only way to describe it for me is like if your body is immobilized and a fly lands on your nose and its itching your nose but you cant at all reach it; eventually our brain we can teach/learn how to massage it.

.... Damn. also thought I was over the flu.(hmm well I was wrong.) I have had colonoscopies a bunch over the last ten years. One year ago February; Landed me in a hospital bed suffering o pancreatitis.

I do not take much pain meds anymore. Actually, I should've refilled bottle couple of weeks ago! Still have full bottle left. Get sleepy so I won't risk it during the daytime. I go to sleep in one second normaly so I try to avoid pain pills if I can. They do mess up stomach. Yep.

It makes sense, sounds interesting. I'm not sure exactly what 'mental massage is? How do you do the mental massage of your brain? your colon?

Its a bit like a technique I learnt in my meditation course. When pain or a painful emotion present themselves, often intensely focusing on the spot where they are located will make them abate. The mental massage you do I guess is a visualisation. You have a talent. The mind is a powerful thing.

Yes, a lot. . I have knees you can work on next.

Makes sense, Arfie, it's similar to exervises I learned doing yoga and that I applied to help me thorugh some severe pain after an accident. It's kind of a way to focus your energy on relaxing or easing that *one* thing and then that focus helps all of you relax a little, too, and... it's kind of a benign domino effect is what I was told.

Rock it out!

You're actually doing an ancient healing technique, which today has many labels. Keep up the good work!! :)

The visualization part is where I allow colors and shapes to form around the pain I am focusing on. I am finding it odd that the colors and shapes of my brain pains are so similar to the colon pains. Most often fuzzy, oblong shapes. Perhaps only a suggestion planted by pictures I have seen of both organs? Whatever...

As I mentally massage, I visualize the unhealthy colors (description still unavailable) venting out into the cosmos and the healthy colors reasserting themselves as the pain dissipates.

Meditation is a mental massage for me. I don't necessarily use colors, but it sounds like a good idea. What I have developed is the idea of letting my anxious thoughts flow. I do exactly what scares me most--let my anxiety take over. But I'm sitting safe on my pillow, so it's ok. I let them pass by my field of attention, and I name them. Then letting them go on their merry way, It helps me with PTSD anxiety.

They're back the next day, but I know what to do. It's not as scary as when I kept them all pent up inside me bottled up in fear. A mental massage is relaxing.

Greens blue aqua and purple help for healing and growth.
WB , is right, this has been around a while. . It can also help in the colors you wear as healing. I found in class last fall what my uncle was teaching me and other followed up, has a label of quantum touch. Which was for me rolling the energy in a ball, like an invisible tennis ball down to ping pong ball size, feeling the energy build up and then applying to pain areas. it's learn-able but It's something often done with natural abilities also.
I have been using on my left hand.

very scattered at the moment but had to weigh in cause this is actually part of our study, training, life's work and life passion. so sorry if its choppy....

this stuff is a great way to heal yourself.

i started working with crystals years ago. then i had the opportunity to learn Reiki. from there picked up on touch healing and pain release. currently i combine all of those while i am developing my personal method in what i call Harmonic Resonance. some people use colors other shapes. We hear songs. we can pick up when the vibrations are off tune and gently slide then back.

now that's just what we do but OH YEAH the ability to visualize and see how the thoughts and feeling are connected to those places of physical pain, is a REALLY GREAT healing tool. we've used ton's of different styles over the years to help us through. at one point we felt like there were ropes all tying us up so we sat and untied them one knot at a time. it was amazing!

ok now am I(s) making any sense???? lol

yes.

Ditto on that yes.

and we are STILL trying to learn cupping!!!

wanted to mention a few other things we use but might be subject sensitive... don't want to trigger any one.... its in the realm of the intuitives

You make perfect sense. I talk to parts of my body from inside. I have gotten headaches from too much conversation and especially too much stupid, illogical, emotionally twisted conversation. I try to pull away. Then I just excuse myself. My own loops haven't given me headaches, but they did me weird when I was young. I don't remember exactly what, but it's not like now. I can stop thoughts. I couldn't back then. Thank you. Lots to think about, and a good reminder.

I had to look up both cupping and intuitives. Turns out I had heard of the Chinese practice of cupping. Never tried it or known anybody who has. If I am remembering right it runs through the reflexology circles.

Wikipedia listed Edgar Cayce as a medical intuitive. I also found several medical intuitives right here in my homegrown.

Not sure what would be triggering about sharing your insights, gypsy.